Support Worker (Relief) in Arklow

About the Role

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Support Worker to join our team in Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

Contract Type: Relief Post.

Requirements

The role of the Support Worker is to facilitate the Service Owner in all aspects of daily living, including: assisting with personal care needs, mobility, and supporting access and participation in activities of choice provided by day services, in the community, and online/virtually. The post holder will provide opportunities to help develop a range of options for the individual in areas of training, employment and greater inclusion in their local community

Essential Criteria:

• FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area.
• OR
• Be undertaking a FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Social Care or other similar health care area, in which 2-3 relevant modules have already been completed.
• AND
• Eligible to work in the State.

Desirable Criteria:

• Clean class B driver’s license.
• Experience of supporting people with disabilities in an employment, voluntary or personal capacity.
• Experience providing personal care to adults.
• Experience working with adults in social/leisure settings.
• Experience of working in community/non-centred based settings.
• Basic IT skills.
• Good knowledge and experience of routine vehicle maintenance.
• Experience of positioning and clamping wheelchairs and their occupants in vehicles.

Details

Location: Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland

Salary: €35,771–€43,288 per year

Closing date for applications: 2nd November 2026

Interview date: TBC

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

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